Leesburg Wants To Make Rails Into Trails

Lake - News in Brief

April 2, 2002

LEESBURG -- After repeated lobbying from exercise and trail enthusiasts, city officials have moved to convert old railroad lines into recreational paths for bikers, runners and inline skaters. If successful, the plan would transform about 30 miles of former railroad land, five miles of it in Leesburg, into recreational trail.

To push the idea along, the city filed a request with the federal government last week that would essentially reserve the narrow strips of old railroad land if they ever go on sale.